February 8 – Josh Paine, CEO, WorldVentures Holdings, LLC

Our Guest for the February 8th edition of PlayMakers Talk Show:

Josh Paine, CEO, WorldVentures Holdings, LLC

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Josh Paine, CEO, WorldVentures Holdings, LLC

Josh Paine is CEO of WorldVentures Holdings, LLC, the $1B parent company of the travel industry’s direct-sales leader WorldVentures. Josh oversees an organization whose mission brings more fun, freedom and fulfillment to people’s lives. Prior to joining WorldVentures, Josh served as CEO of Rovia, an industry-leading travel and lifestyle service provider offering turnkey solutions for business partners and membership-based travel companies.

An entrepreneur with eCommerce roots, Josh has led successful corporate turnarounds, including CheapCaribbean.com, a company that grew under his leadership from $80MM to ~$600MM, making the INC. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies in 2014, and becoming the number-one U.S. provider of beach vacations to the Caribbean and Mexico. Josh’s previous experience includes Managing Partner at Providence Interactive Capital, LLC, VP of Operations for JetPay Merchant Services and Auditor for PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.

WorldVentures.com

Phone: (972) 805-9600

Host Steve A Klein, Guest Josh Paine

January 18 – Ashley Elsey, President & CEO, Minerva

Our Guest for the January 18th edition of PlayMakers Talk Show:

Ashley Elsey, President & CEO, Minerva

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Ashley Elsey, President & CEO, Minerva

As the founder of Texas-based, Minerva Consulting, Ashley Elsey leads the company and its clients’ strategies, developing marketing and communications solutions for organizations ranging in size from startup to the Fortune 10, spanning multiple industries including telecom, commercial real estate, human resources, legal and non-profits.

Established in 2003, Minerva is a high-touch boutique consulting firm with offices in Dallas, TX and Los Angeles, CA. Minerva is grounded in the belief that fundamentally we all want to be inspired and they focus their work on integrated communications that create breakthrough messaging, humanize content, cultivate partnership and foster discipline and engagement.
 
Ashley had the privilege of serving President George W. Bush as the founding Vice President of Marketing and Communications for the George W. Bush Presidential Center where she was responsible for building the marketing and communications function from the ground up, launching the Bush Center brand. 

MinervaCo.com

Host Steve A Klein, Guest Ashley Elsey